Song of Songs 2:3

“Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the boys; in his shade I delighted and sat, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.”

Song of Songs 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Song of Songs 2:3, word by word

Like an apple treeתַפּוּחַtapuach

apple, apple tree

An apple; also the apple tree.

Where else “tapuach” appears
among the treesעֲצֵיatse

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

Where else “atse” appears
of the forestיַּעַרyaar

forest

Land covered with trees, where many grow together.

Where else “yaar” appears
my belovedדּוֹדִdodi

beloved

The one who is loved.

Where else “dodi” appears
among the boysבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “banim” appears
in his shadeצִלּtsil

shade

Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".

Where else “tsil” appears
I delightedחִמַּדְתִּיchimadti

covet

To desire something strongly, especially what belongs to another.

Where else “chimadti” appears
and satיָשַׁבְתִּיyashavti

sit

To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.

Where else “yashavti” appears
and his fruitפִרְיfiry

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

Where else “firy” appears
was sweetמָתוֹקmatok

sweet

Sweet; what is sweet.

Where else “matok” appears
to my palateחִכִּchiki

palate, mouth

The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.

Where else “chiki” appears

The context

2Like a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the girls.

3 · This verse (above)

4He brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me was love.

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